América de Cali Wins Tight Game Against Patriotas
América de Cali secured a 2-1 victory over Patriotas at the Estadio de La Independencia in a game that saw plenty of drama and tense moments.
R. Holgado opened the scoring for América de Cali in the 9th minute, assisted by C. Barrios. Patriotas leveled the score in the 48th minute with a goal from A. Alarcon.
Despite pressing hard in the second half, Patriotas couldn’t find an equalizer. América de Cali secured the win with a second goal in the 66th minute.
The match was highly contested, with a total of 27 shots, 14 fouls, 5 yellow cards, and a significant possession advantage for Patriotas (51%).
Substitutions patriotas: at minute 31 S. Moreno came in and C. Paternina went out., at minute 46 D. Ruiz came in and J. Guerrero went out., at minute 84 C. Martinez came in and J. Viveros went out., at minute 84 A. Melendez came in and J. Rodriguez went out.
Substitutions america de cali: at minute 66 L. Gomez came in and J. Quinones went out., at minute 67 J. Escobar came in and H. Rivera went out., at minute 82 A. Ramos came in and E. Velasco went out., at minute 90 F. Leys came in and E. Balanta went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Patriotas
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